Question Regarding $ kwh charges

[spindrift]

This thread has become a basket of apples and oranges.

[johnboytoo]

Nah,
+'s and -'s

[atom ant]

Originally Posted by lwg

I can tell you with certainty that the converter doesn't pull that amount of power with no load. I have the Progressive Industries surge protector with remote display installed and am a bit of a fanatic in watching how much power various devices pull. If I recall its about 1 Amp total pull with no load, might actually be less but that's the smallest increment the display shows.

I think that answers my question - the converter steps down to meet the 12V load.

Originally Posted by lwg

BTW, watts is watts. It's a universal metric of power regardless of voltage, hence many devices use this metric for power output.

ya and Amps is Amps - not what I was asking

[lwg]

Originally Posted by atom ant

ya and Amps is Amps - not what I was asking

I only meant its universally used for power assessment. The various voltages used can confuse things for many people, thus wattage is a common power measurement that can be easily converted to the voltage in question.

[atom ant]

Originally Posted by spindrift

However, I have a WFCO 100A Power Converter with an integrated battery charger. The converter has constant power, and as I understand it, as long as I'm connected to shore power, the DC load is going through the converter. Therefore, the load at the meter represents all existing AC loads and converted DC loads.

So thats where the 100A converter came from in the brochure Mine has the PD 90A.

What I was wondering is if the load at the meter varies based on what the DC load is going through the converter. I think LWG answered that by noticing his draw drops down to 1A on the surge suppressor when the 12 load is low.

[atom ant]

Originally Posted by lwg

I only meant its universally used for power assessment. The various voltages used can confuse things for many people, thus wattage is a common power measurement that can be easily converted to the voltage in question.

So is that why substations are called in in kW?

[spindrift]

As our once upon a time young daughter once said: "Solution Solved"
BTW...that quote is now in our family book of hilarious, unbelievable, famous and infamous things uttered by our kids.

[atom ant]

That's a Kool Kwote as my daughter calls them

[lwg]

Originally Posted by atom ant

So is that why substations are called in in kW?

That's why power plants, solar panels/arrays, wind generators, etc are rated in watts.